Introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, the Copy Database Wizard (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188664.aspx) is useful in copying databases and associated objects between SQL instances; therefore, it is a good migration and upgrade tool…

Introduction
SQL Server Integration Services can read XML files, that’s known by every BI developer. (If you didn’t, don’t worry, I’m aiming this article at newcomers as well.)
But how far can you go? When does the XML Source component become …

Familiarize people with the process of retrieving data from SQL Server using an Access pass-thru query. Microsoft Access is a very powerful client/server development tool. One of the ways that you can retrieve data from a SQL Server is by using a pa…

Viewers will learn how to use the UPDATE and DELETE statements to change or remove existing data from their tables.
Make a table:
Update a specific column given a specific row using the UPDATE statement:
Remove a set of values using the DELETE s…